Scams

Figures from the Scottish Govenrment show there were 1354 fraud crimes in August, a rise of 488 against the same month last year.

An Authorised Push Payment scam occurs when a person is convinced by a scammer to send a payment to a genuine account, when in reality they are actually sending a payment to the scammer. 

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, many of us have moved a lot of our lives online - from work to socialising. However, scammers and fraudsters have also done the same.

The UK financial regulator has accused US tech giant Google of not doing enough to stop fraudsters using its internet search pages to target victims.

Scots are being warned to check their mail carefully after being targeted by a fake 'postcode lottery' scam.

The Trading Standards team has received reports of suspicious telephone calls being made to residents, raising concerns over their current loft insulation.

Trading Standards chiefs have issued a warning after 18,000 people shared a fake Center Parcs competition post within hours of it being created.

Malicious app developers are exploiting TikTok’s popularity among under-18s to promote adware scam applications,...

Pension cons are not the only way fraudsters can now steal your investments in an instant. The pandemic has seen a rise in sophisticated scams targeted at investors looking to make their money go further.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/beatthescammers/article-8735929/How-cyber-scammers-suck-steal-investments.html

Criminals are evolving their behaviour to rip off consumers as the coronavirus crisis develops, trading standards officers have warned.